What is CPA?
Comprehensive performance assessment (CPA) is about helping local councils in England improve local services for their communities.
CPA looks at how well the council delivers services, for example education, social care and housing. It also considers how well the council is run, as this will impact on how services are delivered in the future.
The intention is to pull together all previous, disparate inspections to provide a definitive account of council performance. In previous years councils were placed in one of five brackets - excellent, good, fair, weak and poor - based on their provision of key services, their use of resources and their overall ability to improve. From December 2005 the ranking changed to a star system, ranging from zero to four stars.
CPA will end in March 2009 and will be replaced by a new form of assessment known as Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA). This marks a significant change to the current assessment regime following the passing of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act (2007).
CPA focused on services provided by the council. CAA will look at the public services in an area delivered by councils and their partners including the private and voluntary sectors.
For more information visit the Audit Commission's web site:
This page was last updated on 11 February 2008
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